Walker sacks DOC commissioner after scathing report

Governor Bill Walker during a press conference announcing a the publication of a report finding fault with the Department of Corrections over in-mate deaths. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, KSKA)
A new report about the state’s Department of Corrections finds numerous problems that have contributed to dozens of recent deaths within Alaska’s prisons and jails. On Monday, Governor Bill Walker released the 20-page Administrative Review to the public, and announced a new head for DOC.
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